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Plaza is the point-of-sale that accepts Lightning — the fastest payment rail on earth. Your customers scan a QR code. You keep 100%. Visa, but free.
No bank approval. No Square rep. Just you, your wallet, and Plaza.
Get it on TestFlight. Connect your Lightning wallet via NWC — Plaza generates invoices but never holds your keys. Your wallet, your sats.
Show the QR code. Customers pay from Cash App, Phoenix, Strike, Alby — any Lightning wallet they already have.
Payment settles in seconds. Zero fees deducted. A Schnorr-signed receipt is stored on Blossom automatically — verifiable proof, forever.
Merchants run their business. Customers discover where to spend. Both sides sovereign.
Everything you need to run your counter — and understand your business.
Google Maps for Bitcoin commerce. Find merchants. Pay sovereign.
Open source isn't enough. The question is: can you run it without trusting us?
Published in the public domain. SHA-256 verified. Defensible prior art. Anyone can build on it.
Plaza generates invoices — never holds keys. Your wallet signs. Mathematically impossible for Plaza to take your funds.
Your merchant profile is a keypair you own. Plaza disappears? Your identity stays — portable to any Nostr client.
Every transaction generates a Schnorr-signed receipt stored on Blossom. Verifiable proof of commerce, forever.
Phoenixd + LNbits + Caddy on your own VPS. Plaza's backend is a reference, not a dependency.
Lightning, Nostr, NWC, NIP-15, Blossom. All open. All auditable. Your catalog lives on Nostr — readable by humans and agents alike.
Self-sovereign. Zero fees. Runs indefinitely. No custodian in the critical path. Your Lightning wallet is yours forever — whether Plaza exists or not.
Zero transaction fees. Zero subscription fees. Every feature included. No paywalls, no tiers, no catches.
0% transaction fees. 0% subscription fees. Always.
Square charges 2.6% + 15¢ on every swipe. On $750K/year, that's $22,710 going to Square instead of your pocket.
A liquor store doing $750K/year pays Square
$1,893 every month — gone. With Plaza: $0
Based on Square's published rate of 2.6% + 15¢ per in-person transaction. Source: squareup.com, Feb 2025.
| Annual Revenue | Square/year | Square/month | Plaza |
|---|---|---|---|
| $250K | $7,643 | $637/mo | $0 |
| $500K | $15,145 | $1,262/mo | $0 |
| $750K | $22,710 | $1,893/mo | $0 |
| $1M | $30,290 | $2,524/mo | $0 |
Square enabled Bitcoin for 4 million merchants — but they still take 2.6% + 15¢ on every card swipe.
| Feature | Square | Plaza |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction fees | 2.6% + 15¢ | $0 forever |
| Settlement | 1–3 business days | Seconds |
| Chargebacks | Yes — funds frozen | Never |
| Custody | Square holds funds | Your wallet, your keys |
| Data collected | Everything | Zero |
| Merchant identity | Platform-dependent | Nostr keypair you own |
| Global | US + limited | Any country with internet |
| Open source | No | MIT + CC0 |
| Sales analytics | Yes | Trends, exports, alerts — all free |
Accept payments from anywhere on earth. No bank account required. No currency controls. No permission from anyone. A customer in Berlin pays a merchant in Medellín — seconds, not days.
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